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Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
11-13-2012, 09:34 PM
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Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...-tem111212

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11-13-2012, 11:56 PM (This post was last modified: 11-14-2012 12:05 AM by Gene C.)
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RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
Shop and compare....there is usually hair available on ebay at a much cheaper price, but that's a nice locket. (how big a sample of a piece of hair do you realy need?)
This is on ebay, it is an Upper Deck trading card, from their Piece of History - Haircuts collection)


http://www.ebay.com/itm/08-UD-History-AB...439ea89188

(maybe they'll throw in a stick of gum or negotiate for an Abner Doubleday rookie card Big Grin)

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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11-14-2012, 05:57 AM
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RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
I love the chapter in David Chambers Mearns' Largely Lincoln titled "The Scalping of Abraham Lincoln."
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11-14-2012, 09:42 AM
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RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
I had a phone conversation with Joseph Garrera one time and he put it this way - there's enough of Lincoln's hair out there to fill a mattress.

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11-14-2012, 09:51 AM
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RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
We have to remember that back then people asked for and collected hair of family members, the departed and the living. Letters were written to the famous asking for a lock. This auction does not say where or when it was cut so it may well have been a renewable resource.
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11-14-2012, 10:19 AM
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RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
So I take it you guys don't believe the claim? Smile

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11-14-2012, 12:09 PM
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RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
What claim? That it is Lincoln's hair? I have no reason not to believe it only saying that it may not be assassination related. It could have been cut while he was alive.
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11-14-2012, 12:12 PM
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RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
The locket/hair offering seems to have good provenance and a reputable auction house behind it. Maybe everyone on this forum could donate $10 and we can bid on it for Surratt House???
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11-14-2012, 01:04 PM
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RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
You think there is any dog hair left on the Lincoln sofa they let Fido sleep on?
Is that sofa in the Springfield museum?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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11-14-2012, 01:17 PM
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RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
There's a sofa at Hildene that was in Lincoln's home in Springfield, Gene. I didn't notice any of Fido's hair.

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11-14-2012, 01:19 PM
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Joe, do you know if that is the sofa the Lincoln family gave to the Roll family?
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11-14-2012, 01:44 PM
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RE: Lock of Lincoln's hair up for auction
I don't, Roger. The tour guide made a point of pointing out how "thrifty" Robert was and just said the sofa and some other furniture came from the Lincoln home in Springfield. (You're not supposed to, but I touched it!)

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11-14-2012, 05:16 PM
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Joe, you touched the sofa that Fido slept on? Amazing!
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11-14-2012, 06:10 PM (This post was last modified: 11-14-2012 06:10 PM by Laurie Verge.)
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Man, Joe - you're one of those tourists that museum curators fear! I wonder if Abe ever had to sleep on that sofa when Mary kicked him out of the bedroom.
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08-16-2014, 04:26 PM
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It looks like this batch of Lincoln's hair didn't sell?

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